Year In Review 2018: A future built on the foundations of Milwaukee
Year In Review 2018
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Design by local graphic artist picked as national finalist in iconic bowling shoe contest
Kelly Duggan of New Berlin was recently announced as one of five finalists for the Bowlero Corporation’s #BeBowled: Shoe Design Challenge. This past spring, Bowlero invited designers from around the country to put their creative talents to the test. The company received hundreds of online submissions with designs ranging from whimsical patterns and colors to graffiti art. From those entries, Bowlero narrowed it down to five designs that will advance to the competition’s final round. Duggan is now in the running for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500 and see the...
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America’s legacy of slavery seen in Trump policy separating children and families
“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” – Edmund Burke There has been a great deal of consternation and debate in recent weeks about the Trump Administration deliberately separating thousands of immigrant children from their families. Child advocacy and immigrant rights groups, as well as members of Congress, have expressed their outrage at these inhumane policies being carried out under the direction of customs and immigration enforcement agents. These acts are being directed by President Trump and, per usual, no one is offering any historical context. This is nothing new for America. The only difference is...
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On activating MacArthur Square: A space that never lived up to its purpose
Dominic Inouye’s column for the Milwaukee Independent has been exploring the nature of walking as a practice, as an integral part of street photography, and as a worldwide movement of neighborhood explorations called Jane’s Walk. The first time my fitness group announced that we would be working out in a brand new space, MacArthur Square, I was not the only one who posted on Facebook, “Where?” GPS told me it was tucked in between the County Courthouse, the Milwaukee County Jail, the Safety Building, the Milwaukee Public Museum, and the police headquarters. But after I found parking on James...
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Summerfest releases 2018 lineup with more than one hundred headlining artists
Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance announced the 2018 headliner lineup nationally, for this year’s music festival, on Billboard.com. From pop to hip hop, country to EDM, reggae to classic rock, the 2018 lineup stays true to Summerfest’s roots, offering something for every music fan. Featuring entertainment 12 hours a day for 11 days on 12 stages, with more than 800 acts, Summerfest continues to earn its reputation as The World’s Largest Music Festival. “Summerfest offers the most diverse lineup available anywhere and we could not be more excited to announce this incredible lineup for 2018. With everything from...
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On Walking in Milwaukee: For Health & Safety, Exploration & Revolutionary Art
In anticipation of the month-long series of free, citizen-led neighborhood explorations called Jane’s Walk MKE that I am helping to coordinate this May, I have been contemplating how and why Milwaukee walks by considering how and why humans have walked in the past. This exercise has led me down a rabbit hole of research that I have only begun to scratch – as far back as Homo erectus on the plains of Africa, as unexpectedly as 1920s France, and as recently as the March for Our Lives – but one that has provided me with new pathways for my...
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